Upgrade iPhone 3G to 3G S on O2
Have you heard? There’s been a bit of discontent about O2’s attitude towards existing iPhone 3G customers who would like to upgrade to the new iPhone 3G S, which is due to be released in the UK on Friday.
There is no special upgrade deal available (unlike AT&T users). When the iPhone 3G came out last year, existing iPhone customers on O2 with original (2G) iPhone were allowed to break their contracts and upgrade to the new device. No such joy this time.
So how can existing O2 customers get an iPhone 3G S now?
Three paths to upgrade
O2 suggests existing customers do one of three things :
1. Wait until your iPhone 3G contract expires
2. Buy a Pay As You Go iPhone 3G S, and use your existing iPhone 3G SIM in it
3. Pay the remaining time of the iPhone 3G contract off, and get a new contract
Thanks a lot, O2.
Option 1 means waiting until January 2010 (for most people). That also means missing out on the next iPhone in June 2010.
Option 3 is inordinately expensive owing to the double-whammy: both pay off your existing contract at monthly tariff x months remaining, and then you have to pay again for a new iPhone. And you lose your existing phone number!
So that leaves Option 2 as probably the least costly way to get a new iPhone 3G S straight away.
I was actually looking around for a forum post on this issue, but stumbled across your site on Google!! I’m actually quite interested so will keep an eye out for updates
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